Master Gene Plays Key Role In Blood Sugar Levels

Friday, November 28, 2008 - 12:28 in Health & Medicine

When mice that lack steroid receptor-2, a master regulator gene called a coactivator, fast for a day, their blood sugar levels plummet. If they go another day without food, they will die. The severity of the hypoglycemia was unexpected, according to an article in Science.

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